VISIT this site for fantastic styling images, Decor8
Blogs, websites, graphic design books, posters, & magazines are all great resources for layout & grid ideas. Trace page layouts from magazines that you like, take note of image sizes & how they line up with each other. Where does the text sit in relation to the images, look at the size & different FONTS that may be used. Use you visual diary to keep sketches of different layouts you have found, they will be a good reference for presentations.
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Start creating your own styling collages- find different objects in the one colour. Create interesting layouts & photograph them. Keep images as reference in your visual diary.
These will become a valuable resource when you may be looking for a certain tone or value of a colour & are useful to show a client.
Look around your environment & take note of different graphics, symbols & colours. Create your own alphabet using images of signage you may find. Go to Spell with FLICKR
& have a look at what your name may look like!
